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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-01-06
RECORD OF / YEAR
Chronology of the Twelvemonth
That is Just Past.
TIE POLITICAL WORLD.
OF WAR FOR STATES
MEN or THE PRESENT TIME.

Doings of the National Legislature-Ise-
suit OF Novembcr's Elections-European
Political SIovements-The Irish Ques.
tion-the Eastern War Cloud.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-03
AN EXCELLENT RULE,
Never Write to Man What You Can Say
to His Face.

Never Write TO q MAN what You Can say
to His Face.
In business office down town yes
terday group of men were discussing
imprudences in writing letters, when
one of them said: 81 had an early les
son in that matter which gave me a
very safe rule to follow. 1t was when
Twas quite young and had dispute
with man whose office was just across
the street from my own. In great an
ger | sat down and wrote him a letter
which, while it expressed all my feel
ings regarding the difference between
us, put me completely in his power
legally. Within twenty-four hours [
found out what a mistake | had made.
In the same town there was an old at
torney who had been more of a friend
to me than legal counselor. He had
got beyond the age where he enjoyed
legal controversies or cared any thing
about fees, and he proved a good friend
to me in this instance. | stated the
whole case to him and asked his adj
vice as to what | should do. He told
me to wait in his Office few minutes.
remember watching him put on his
old linen buster that reached down to
his knees and go ambling out of the
office, while my heart was in my mouth
for fear he should not be able to get
me out of my scrape. 1t was about
fifteen minutes until he came back.
By what means he accomplished his
mission / never knew. But after he
had pulled off his old buster and hung
up his hat he gave me the letter that |
had sent to my enemy. Now, young
man. he said, let me give you this
piece of advice: Never write in letter
to man what You can say to his face.
1t is the rule that have followed ever
since IN Y Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-03

various single fertilizers; potash; lime;
plain superphosphate; any two of these;
all together; and with manure for the
main crop, and the results be noted.
No one can lay down rules for another
mans land; few farmers can predicate
results on any one field of their own
from what they have learned of another.
Each farm and each field is a guide only
for itself and each farmer must test his
land for himself, although he may use
fully learn from the experience of others
how he may do this in the best man
ner.-Henru SteWart. in N. z Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-03
STRANGE CONFESSION.
Why the London Society Journals Attack
American Ladies'.

american Laulcs.
Some of the society papers make q
great feature of attacks on the Ameri-
can element in London society. There
are two or three of the society papers
which never miss an opportunity of say
ing unkind and severe things about
American ladies in London. They are
never weary of representing them as
crazy after royalty, court favor, and
eager in striving to ma Ike acquaintance
with titled people. One of the oftenest
repeated stories is that American women
come in great crowds to be presented
at court, and that it requires the united
efforts of the Lord Chamberlain and the
United States Minister to restrain this
, mob.
met the editor of one of the society
papers the other day and l asked him
where he got all of his wonderful
facts about American women. His re-
ply was strange confession. You
would not suppose" said he, THAT am
great admirer of American women. l
think they are the most agreeable and
attractive class of ladies in the world.
l 90 almost entirely with Americans in
London. | would not sit down and talk
with an Englishwoman of any type
except under compulsion. English
women are too dull and commonplace.
l prefer the society of American women.
Next to them in vivacity and agreeable
ness l rank the French and the Irish
ladies'" But why are you always
criticising them so severely in your
paper?" co." was his reply, 1.-The
American women do not read my paper.
1t is a paper gotten up for English
women. | discovered some time ago
that Englishwomen are very Jealous Of
the prominence given to American
ladies in London society, so | began
this kind of running fire upon the fair
invaders of the most sacred precincts of
London society, and the result is an
enormous increase in my circulation.
Every dull, heavy minded English
woman believes that it is the presence
of these American women in society
which prevents her from receiving her
due share of attention, and conse-
quently she reads with great pleasure
all of these attacks upon her successful
rivals. The circulation of my paper has
nearly doubled since have adopted this
innocent fad of poking fun at and
criticising the American women in
London. "-LoHdoR Letter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-03
SHREWD SAM SAMPLE.
A Commercial Tourists Success Ready
Letter Writer.

A Commercial Tourists Success as a Ready
Letter Writer.
When Sam Sample called on Billy
Bliven the other evening he found him
with his coat off, his shirt sleeves rolled
up and his hair mussed. Before him
was pile of note paper, and waste
basket by his side was full to the brm.
whats the matter ?" asked Sam.
Cant you figure your expense account
to suit you?"
eff this was only an expense account
my existence at this moment would be
a bed of verbenas and heliotropes. Sam,
you're married."
mo use of throwing it up to me-"
"rm not. want your help. You're
a man of experience and ought to know
n good way out of this affair. I'm try
ing to write her letter asking her if
she'll marry me-"
"Oh, that's simple encagh," said
Sam, and he took a seat and dashed of
the following:
DEAR -: have long lived In silent ad.
miration OF you-so long that the chains OF
silence have rusted themselves, and | must
speak You have the opportunity TO build up a
man, make career for him, or have him an
outcast in the world without ambition, without
hope. will not attempt to conceal II. love
you, and ask you TO link your destiny TO mine
Please answer by return mail, and oolige.
Yours, WIN. BLIvEN.
"How docs that strike you?" asked
Sam, after he had submitted the docu-
ment.
1T would be all right for most girls, "
replied Billy, "but this is an unusual
kind of a girl. She comes from Chi
cago where her father has made five
hundred thousand dollars since the
fire, and she is business clear through.
"All right" said Sam, chcerfully,
''we'll try it again." and he dashed of
the following:
Miss -: write this to inform you that my
income has now reached figure which lnstihe'
me in asking your hand in marriage WIN you
kindly confer with your father and get his views
on the subject. An early reply informing me a.
TO your and your family feelings on this SUB
ject will greatly oblge. Yours etc,
WIN. BLIvEN.
1t is needless to say that Sam acte'
as first man when the happy event tool
place. Merchant IrGUeler.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-03
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

There are 500, 100000 invested IN
the watch industry in this country.
The well-known West Point
foundry situated at Cold Spring, is to
be sold. The establishment has benin
uninterrupted operation since 1919. and
achieved fame during the rebellion from
its heavy guns.
"A new material, termed celluvert,
is now made by passing paper, or any
fibrous form of cellulose, through bath
of nitric acid; the glutinous surfaces so
produced are then pressed together and
washed, when they form very tough
and hard substance, useful in the in
dustrial arts. Boston Budget.
According to DR.. Hellman, the Ger
man Investigator of lightning statistics,
house built on a limestone foundation
that is, in district where the under
lying geological formation is limestone
is least exposed to danger from light
ming. In a sandy region the danger is
nine times as great, and dwelling on
loamy ground is twenty-five times as
likely to be struck.
An artificial ivory, of cream white
ness and great hardness, is now made
from good potatoes washed in diluted
sulphuric acid then boiled in the same
solution until they become solid and
dense. They are then washed free of
the acid and slowly dried. This ivory
can be dyed and turned and made use
| full in many ways. -Ar6anSdU TrGUeter.
"A method of clarifying water has
been devised by Prof. Dobroslavine,
of st. Petersburg. He uses first So
luton of perchlolide of iron, and
follows that with a solution of carbon
ate of soda. The quantities are said to
be three grains of the perchloride of
iron and four grains of the soda crys-
tails per gallon of water. Boston Tran
script.
The Shoe and Leather Reporter says
that strikes in the shoe trade during the
last year have cost in wages from
$5,O0O,0O0 to $6,0O0,000. Nearly half
this sum is said to have been lost in the
five months strike in Winchester
County, Mass. The Wilmington strike
of morocco workers lasted seven months
and cost 1925, 900. The strikes at Sa-
lem and Peabody, Mass, entail loss
of So, 900, 900 in wages. Lesser strikes
bring up the total.
The government of the Australian
colony of Victoria is about to undertake
the exploration of the interior of New
Guinea, by sending out an expedition
under the command of the Rev. j.
Chalmers, missionary who has ac-
quired thorough knowledge of the
natives and great influence over them.
Recent explorations in the German part
of New Guinea show that the large
river named after the Empress Augusta
is navigable for small steamers to a
point two hundred and twenty-four
miles from its mouth.-M. Y Ledger.
Prof. Harvey W. Wiley has been
long in the employ of the Agricultural
Department at Washington, endeavor-
ing to master the whole subject of
sugar from sorghum. He concludes
that the formation of sucrose by the
plant is only an accidental or adventi-
tious process, and only occurs from
waste material. He concludes from
this fact that sugar from sorghum will
never be an industry that any one can
long engage in, as the results will be
more or less accidental. Sometimes
plants may yield a good percentage of
sugar, at other times none at all
Boston Budget.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-03
The Seasons Favorite.

There is one thing very noticeable at
all the resorts this summer, too, and
that is the red-headed girls are i'm
nensely popular all round. That must
be because they are so agreeable. A
red-headed girl is sure to be jolly, just
as homely girl is sure to be bright.
There is no nonsense either about n
red-headed girl. She is full of courage
and strength. Many of the pluckiest
and most daring swimmers here have
hair of the cardinal hue. There were
% many of the girls in bathing this
morning that the surf reminded one of
strawberry water ice. Afterwards the
girls stood out on the beach wringing
the sea water out of their long, thick
tresses. When q half-dozen of them
got in row, with their shining hair
flowing out behind them, you might
have fancied, if you had a good imagin-
alton, that there was a new sunset at
eleven o'clock in the morning and one,
too, that might put the old sunset to
the blush. Philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-03

You want keepsake that will
always remind you of me?' she said.
Il do, darling he said tepderly.
whats the matter with MYSELF" she
whispered. There will be wedding
shortly, Boston Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-03

An investigation of Spanish earth
quakes by two Italian physicists shows
that they are more commonin the coast
regions than in the interior, and in the
south than in the north; also that they
occur most frequently in the autumn
and winter months.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-03

Busy lives, like busy waters, are
generally pure. Stagnant lives, like
stagnant pools, breed corruption.-K
d. Nicholas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-03

For the prevalent disease of scaly
legs in fowls, caused by minute in
sect, rubbing the legs with an ointment
of sulphur, kerosene, ETC., is advised.
The remedy is good enough, but bet
ter one is immersing the feet and legs
in a tomato can of kerosene. Do this
every three days until cure is effected.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-03-10
A BEAR" IN THE BOOK
MARKET.

People generally have supposed that
The Literary Revolution brought the
prices of hooks down to the very bottom
The supposi,ion was mistake. Alden
has recently made reduction all along
the ljne-a reduction so great as to be a
startling surprise to book-buyers, and an
amazement to book publie hers! He says
contin ued reduction in the, cost of man.
ufacture, and continually widening
market, war; ant it. He says still lower
prices are possible if purchasers can be
sufficiently multiplied-it would seem as
if he were bound to make customer of
every one who can .read! Tenhyson' g
"Eppch Arden" for 3 cents! Guizot's
France, 427 fine illustrations, REDUCED
from s34.o0 to $3.50, and 81 on, ad infn-
itun! novel scheme which he has re-
Gently put forward to tempt hook-)evers
is a "Provi.lept Book Club" which &C.
cures each member $500 library for in
sta'lments of. so, cents month, or, a
larger library for rroportionate payments.
His new 81 psge Alphabetical Catalogue
is verv wonder in it's literary attractions
it and particulars OF that t'lpb are sent
free tn any applicant. Address JohL B.
Alden, Puhlieher. New York or Chicago.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-03-10
Stock Losses In Montana.


Bismarck, Feb. 27.-special to
The Pioneer Press: Representative
Ely, of the committee which went to
Montana to confer a bout pleuro.pneu-
monia, says the cattle losses between
Miles City and Billings. will be 10 to
- per cent; east of Billings so to rs
per cent. The losses around Fort
Benton are very heavy. West of
Miles City the hills are bare, but east
Of there the snow is still heavy and a
chinook badly needed: In conference
with the committee of the Montana
legislature the Fly bill for the sup
preston Of pleuro:pneumohia was
agreed upon.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-03-10
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Reasons why Canon Farrar Signed
the Pledge.

: "aOh, this invisible spirit Of wine, if there
is no other name thou art known by, let us
call thee devil" l."-Shakespeare.
Ny reasons for taking the pledge were
partly general and partly special. First
I became convicted that the userof alco
hol in any form was not a necessity. l
saw that who'e nations have lived and
hourished without it. I believed that
the whole race of man had existed for
centuries previons to it's discovery. I
was struck by the indisputabIe fact that
in England 10000 inhabitants of our pfis.
ons, accustomed to it all their lives and
the majority OF them brought into prison
directly or indirectly by the use of it,
could he. and were, from the moment OF
their imprisonment, absolutely deprived
Of it, not only without loss! but with en-
tire gain to their personal health. Men
enter prison sickly and benignted, are
deprived of drink, and leave prison
strong and hale; and women who when
ihcarcerated are hideous to look upon,
after being made ,compulsorily sober by
an act Of pArlisment, recover the bloom
Of health and almost Of beanty.;" Next I
derived from the recorded testimony of
some OF our most eminent physlrians
that the use of alcohol ls 4 subtle and
manifold source OF disease even to thous-
auds who use it in quantities convention
ally deemed modera.e; and from the tes
timony Of many who discountenance to-
tai abstinence, that all the young, and
al the healthy, and all who eat and sleep
well, do not require it. Then the care
fully drawn statistics of MANY insurance
societies convinced me that total absti-
nance, 30; ;far' from shortening life, distinc.
tly anu indisputably conduct to iongevi-
ty. Then accumulated evidence that
drink is 30 far from becoming requisite
to physical; strength or intellectual force
that many; Of the greatest athletes, from
the days sof Samson onwards, .."'whose
drink was, only OF the crystal brook" "
have achievsd without alcohol mightiel
feats than those which have been: :achiev'
ed with it,. and many Of the. worlds
wisest men,. even if they have not said
Pindsr, have yet. d rawn out . better in
spiration from other sources than can be
drawn chemically from the fumes o
wine. Seeing ail th is and much more
seeing too in the hely scriptures God''
own approval'fpf his Nasaiites, who, a
the prophet Jereinia h tells US, were pur
er thas snow; q .the,' were ;whi,er thai
milk, they were n .ore ruddly in bod!
than rubies, their p olishi,'g Nas Of gap
phireA Isawsof a .otisht / saw, ground
sufficient and superb susly sufficient :
make Inc sn abstainlr.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-03-10
PICTURESQUE DAKOTA.
Turtle Observation-Disclosures Co.

Situated in the extreme north western
portion of the Devils Lake Land district,
skirted on the north by the mountyins
and fringed on the south by the mead
ows of tho Souris or Mouse river, lies the
far-famed prize wheat county OF Dakota.
These mountains have been described
as simply vast swell in the great prai-
rie region Of the great Northwest and
average 500 feet above the plain and
$500 feet above the level of the sea.
They cover an area of about 800 square
miles, of which about $4,000 acres IRE
with in the limits Of Bottineau county.
'"They rise, sometimes abruptly but
generally With gentle slope from the
surrounding prairie.
The interior il region of hrok en- bills,
lofty huttes. deep valleys, lakes, and
streams, and the whole mountain region
is we'll timbered: 1t is drained by branch
es of the Mouse river on the west and
sonth-west. and by the head waters of the
Pemb ma river on the northeast. Many
of the lakes abound in fine fsh--chiefly
pickere1, weighing ten pounds and over.
Fish Lake near the west end of the noun
length.
Plenty of game is also to be found there,
from the gorgeous elk tn the, innocent
Jack-rabbit. Various kinds of small fruit
grow in luxuriant abundance, Vegeta-
ton ia earlier here and the frost is later
then on the prairie.
For cattle and sheep raising and the
cultivation Of frnita and vegetables in
marketable quantities, these mountains
cannot be surpassed.
+, The southwest part of the county.
through which the Mouse ri yer, runs, is
almost exclusively pastoral region.
"This river flows for the most part, at
a much lower level than that of the ada
cent prairie, and it's banks, being covered
with an abundant growth of timber, it
affOl ds unequaled and almost inexhauti
bic facilities for. the economical shelter OF
stock. So we'll was this fact known tn
the stockmen of the Northwest, that the
cottntry was scarcely thrown open before
thousands of cattle were grazing on its
rich meadows, the highly nutritious
grasses IF which add enormously to its
value foristock- -raising purposes"
l. About four-fifths of the srea of Botti.
1,eau county are acres of the highest fer
tility, :
g.. THE SOIL .;...
: being OF an ezcee tinply rich, black,
sandy loam, averaging two fert, with q
su"soil ~ clay averaging fifteen feet in
depth. The capacity Of the soiI is hest il,
Illustrated by what the industrious and
intelligent farmer can m Ike on an acre
of imrroved lanc compared with what
the til'er; NAV turn ont of the soil in ol-
der stateycf, the Union. All examina-
tinn Of the u s .eensus of 1880 and that
of Dakota'for 1885, shows that the per-
centaRes cf earnings on the farmers i'm.
proved land is'gre ter in Dakota than in
any state or: territory ;:
."'rake the 70 ollowing named states as H.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-03-10

In Bottineau county as in all new conn
tiles, the average valne of land is the
smallest, being from $500 to $1,000 per
acre; consequently the proportion of
agricultural earnings is more than twice
as great. and greater still in the case of
those 10 get their land at the govern
ment price of ST. .25 an acre,
1t is In this county where, in the 1884
was raised the wheat which took the first
premium at the Worlds Exposition ut
New Orleans in 1885 and the very farm
on which it was grown is now the term
nus OF the principal feeder in North Da
kota of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Man.
it"ba Railwa>. The Northwest Land Go.
nave plated town at that point which
cannet fai Ito become the most impor-
tant OF any on the line of THAT road west
Of the Red River Valley, and to those
seeking permanent business locations.
the "dyantages here presented should be
secured while yet the opportunities sre
afforded. Some idea of thu, settlement of
Bottineau County may be had from the
following: -,
The county was organized in July 1884.
In Noyember' fol lowing, the vote cast at
the general election Was, only "a. In
June, 1856; wheh the census was taken
there were slS inhabitants.s. The vote of
the county wa in November last, 442,
which is an increase in two years OF over
four hundred and twenty=six per cent
the population being, according to the
1900. i,
9 radius of ten miles of the county seat
and the terminal station of the railroad.
! THE cLlMATE :, "
!, Of D4kota is to 1tnnanysa great bhg-bear,
but as health is the true criterion and
the possessor of it has tho greatest wealth,
the following comparative statistics on
that subject As shown by the census of
the q. y. in 1880, and that of Dakota in
1856, serve to dispel any illusion,or mis-
conception and erroneous noti,np preva-
lent in the public mind and residents of
the states who contemplate immigration
WI 90 we'll to make note of tn esq incon-
testable facts. ! !.
WHERE Health Is TO BE FOUND.
!: By the U. s., census of 1880 the rate of
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-03-10
SNOW IN CANADA.

Ottawa, Ont, March 1.-Rai1road
men say that the recent snow storm
was unprecedented in the history of
tailroading in Canada. Trains in
every quarter have been showed in
for three days, and relief parties with
provisions have been sent out:
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-03-10

Stage leaves Bottinsat Monday, Nedncs
day and,Friday at 780 a. IN. 49, ssgfsk
Leaves Rugby Junction fdesday, TbasS.
day and Saturday at 1870 =. M,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-03-10

DO not forget. that the St. p, NJ.
Il M. is: fifty miles !, shorter to st.
Paul than any other line. :
The agent at Rugby June tidn vii
sell you through tickets at lowest rates
and check your baggage through to
destination. 49,. ~. +. ...~
For rates and any desired informa.
ton apply to -; ~,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-03-10

the death rate waa - - -.
! ,oELY,Bl IN A, THoUsAN n
i. thus establishing the superioris T Of its
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-03-10
THE. SUNDAY ARGUS

r. i,speosa, ec,t'cn prepared Will, reference
to easte terts circulation, ehowinxthe bound"
Ieas possibilities and resourc9s Of this
wonae,lsnd Of the world. "A
itIathes1 ILLUSTRATED edltiony contain.
NJ portraits Of the most prominent men
and wonsdn Of thotira es, with a sketch ct
the s.fe and character Of each. It also
contains p!ctures Shunsorous,c cor1lcatand
h,stencet; accompanleq by approprate
e>ptana4Ions. Wit and *hunnor abound In
those sketches. ii
Terms, per Year, s2:oo.